Chinese AI companies aren’t only creating foundational models that compete with their US counterparts, but they’re also ...
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Artsy film critics are unlikely to be impressed by China’s micro-dramas. Even so, the roughly two-minute episodes, which cram soap-opera plots into a short-video format, are wildly popular. Watched ...
Revenue in China from micro-dramas is projected to nearly double this year, to 90bn yuan ($12.7bn)—exceeding sales of cinema ...
ByteDance is best known in the U.S. as the owner of TikTok. In China, the tech giant is also becoming known as a major force ...
Chinese leader Xi Jinping vowed to “resolutely crack down” on online misconduct and foster a “clean” cyberspace, state media reported Saturday, after authorities recently penalized social media ...
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